Off Day Open Thread

The Yankee are enjoying the first of two off days this week, though I’m not entirely sure why they needed Thursday off when they’re traveling from Toronto to Baltimore. Oh well, I guess enjoy it now, because off days don’t seem to come often enough during the middle of the summer. Anyway, here is your open thread for the evening. ESPN is carrying the Phillies and Brewers at 7pm ET, plus there’s plenty of NBA and NHL playoff action going on. Talk about whatever your heart desires, go nuts.

Site News: Just a heads up, I added a fancy new graph to the Fan Confidence Poll page this afternoon. It’s interactive, so you can zoom in and stuff, plus notable events were added to explain the peaks and value. I’m a nerd, it was fun. Enjoy.

this just in: ESPN NY wants you to panic. I’d link you to an article but I don’t really wanna give them clicks. But here is a line from it:

And along with them, we may see what many have expected to see from the Yankees this season: shaky starting pitching, inconsistent offense and a creaky starting lineup that is not a year better than last year’s, just a year older.

Oh

MikeD

It’s gotta be from Wally, the dick.

Mike HC

RAB has an ad for ESPN NY up on the site. I don’t think you should worry about not giving them clicks.

The person who wrote that also said that Mo Rivera was the third best Yankee of all time (and thus, better than Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Derek Jeter, etc.)

Um… yeah.

Esteban

Evan ROberts, who’s relatively sane in the WFAN world, said the Mariano was the 5th greatest Yankee ever after Ruth, Gehrig, Dimaggio, and Mantle. He also agreed that he’s the primary reason the Yankees have had success in the last 15 years. Joe Beningo, of all people, tried to talk some sense that a reliever couldn’t possibly be that valuable.

I mean, I love Mariano, but if I had to choose having Jeter or Rivera over the last 15 years, I’d choose Jeter.

He’s waiting for the Orioles to rise up again and reclaim first place in the East, just like Homer Simpson feared Ayatollah Razmada and his cadre of fanatics consolidating their power even as we speak.

http://twitter.com/tjamato T.J.

Even if we were 14-0 and had won every game by ten runs I think Matthews would find something to complain about.

Almost all Boston writers were raised in the Massachusetts.
While a good deal of NYC writers are either from out of town or were raised Mets fans.

MannyGeee

anyone tell ESPN that the “shaky starting pitching, inconsistent offense and a creaky starting lineup that is not a year better than last year’s, just a year older” is the only team in the AL East that is over .500?

WNBA Most Improved Player bounce passer? Or most improved left handed layup?

Esteban

Best fundamentals

Jose the Satirist

I’m friends with an A’s fan and he thinks that Barton should have won the GG. He never stops talking about how well he scoops the ball out of the dirt.

http://twitter.com/steveh_mandaura Steve H

You should tell him that Barton didn’t hit well enough to win the GG. I’m sure that would drive him a little nuts since it’s true.

Jose the Satirist

He was a walking machine. He just needs more power.

pete

Definitely agreed. I think Cano and Teixeira are more than adequate, and each has some of the best hands and one (two?) of the best arms at his position, but neither is rangy. For Teix I think part of it may be positioning – he tends to play pretty shallow, which leads to a lot of great-looking diving plays, but also a fair number of balls getting by him. As for Cano, I’ve honestly never thought he had great range. Good hands, great arm, unbelievably good (like, best I’ve ever seen-good) at turning the double play, but in terms of range to hard-hit balls (his arm does enable him to make outs on a number of softly-hit grounders that other guys will get to but make no play on), I think he’s below average, maybe average at best.

I think Barton and Youkilis are both better defenders than Tex, but I think Tex is pretty close. I don’t think Cano’s very close to Brandon Phillips, Mark Ellis, or Pedroia, and I don’t think even any of them were anywhere near Utley when he was healthy.

JMK

All of THIS. Every word of it.

MikeD

I have no problem with Tex winning the GG at first. I also would have no problem if he didn’t win the GG.

I am aware that advanced metrics had Barton as the best in the league; however, I am also aware that first base defensive metrics remain highly flawed, despite the best efforts to improve them. Bill James actually voted Teixeira as the best defensive first baseman in the league for Dewan’s Fielding Bible Award, despite the fact that the plus/minus system showed Barton as best. James has either determined that the data is still meaningless for 1B, or he has access to proprietary data that he has helped develop for the Red Sox that is showing something different. (Of the many things I dislike about the Red Sox, one of them is they hired Bill James, preventing almost a decade of work from James from ever seeing the light of day.)

Anyway, my point is I don’t have aa problem with Tex winning the GG because it’s possible he is the best 1B’man in the league. I think it’s entirely unclear who is the best. We have collection of first basemen who we recognize as among the best, with Tex being one of them, so fine, give him the award.

Now Jeter is an entirely different story. There is no defense (no pun intended), there is no wiggle room, there is nothing to suggest he has the range to be considered a top-flight defender.

I really don’t understand why Rawlings doesn’t change the way the GG is calculated. It’s not going away. It’s the standard. There will never be a day when someone says, “gosh, I won another Fielding Bible Award.” The term Gold Glove is part of the culture of baseball. It would be nice if Rawlings took it more seriously.

CS Yankee

Rawlings seems to high stock in three things;
1) Fielding percentages
2) Batting average
3) Marketibility

…with this said, I think Jeter’s last gold glove was handed out for the 2010 season. If Andrus keeps his errors recorded down and bats .270+, he’ll likely get it as he is getting press lately. Cano will miss out since lazer boy has more range and New England buys gloves as well, but Barton will (likely always) take a back seat to Teix or Agon.

MikeD

If I remember correctly, it’s only coaches and managers who vote on the GG. What’s interesting is I don’t think the people who vote for Jeter actually think he is the best defensive player in the league. The Yankees, for example, have always known that Jeter’s range to his left was a bit lacking (you’ll see Torre mentioned it in his book), but he more than compensated for the balls he let leak into CF by his overall game. There has always been a tendency to vote for good offensive players (as you noted above with BA) in the GG, and these same voters also seem to like players to establish themselves before awarding them.

I don’t think Rawlings wants to take the vote away from the coaches, but they can change how the voting is constructed. It’s possible, even likely, that no more than three people voted for Jeter, with all the other votes split among other SSs. He just got the most votes among the SSs in the AL (It’s not exactly a deep group of late). It’s easy to fix so that at the very least the most embarassing winners are eliminated.

First time lawng time

Annotated not annoyed

Epy0n

Anybody going to watch or listen to the Tribe vs Royals game?

First time lawng time

Maybe…is it on TV?

Jose the Satirist

SportsTime Ohio has it if you get the channel.

http://twitter.com/steveh_mandaura Steve H

SportsTime Ohio? Is there 18 hours a day of Lebron jersey burning on that channel?

(goes to FTLT’s house, shows her how to operate her remote to find shows available to watch on her television)

First time lawng time

Wow. You don’t need to be sarcastic. If you don’t know the answer, don’t answer. And FTR I checked major baseball channels and they weren’t on. Wasn’t sure if there were some channels I was unaware of.

Epy0n

I do not think so.

Joseph Cecala

I thought Cleveland was a figment of my imagination

JerseyDutch

The Red Sox are getting hot and the Orioles have gone ice cold. Anyone surprised?

Joseph Cecala

It is as predictable as a new article about Carl Crawford on ESPN Boston

First time lawng time

Which players on the Yankees right now do you think will be in HOF?
Which players do you think SHOULD be in the HOF?

(this is all barring serious injury etc)

Joseph Cecala

Jeter, Mo, Cano

Posada, Jones, Arod

http://twitter.com/cephster Ross in Jersey

I think Jones tailed off too quickly. I don’t think 10 years of 114 OPS+ ball is going to do it.

1.) One of them was blind and fat
2.) One played in the city home to the most morally bankrupt sports journalism cabal in recorded human history

Unfortunately for Andruw Jones, he lacked physical deformities that made us feel like we had some kind of karmic connection to him, and he played sports in a city with a 4% literacy rate.

http://twitter.com/steveh_mandaura Steve H

Puckett was not only blind and fat, but a great guy*, loved by all including fans and especially the media.

*not true of course

Puckett also was lucky enough to retire and be voted in before the steroids shit hit the fan. Had he lasted a few years longer (and his demons come out before the vote) he would have been pegged as a user by those who like to us stats as proof of using.

http://twitter.com/cephster Ross in Jersey

Well, then you can subtract his relatively bad .338 career OBP and the fact that he wasn’t a stolen base threat after 2000. And, despite his defense, he never had a 8+ bWAR season.

http://twitter.com/cephster Ross in Jersey

Who I think are locks to get there: Jeter, A-rod, Mariano
On the fence: Posada
Could make it if they continue on career path: Tex, Cano, CC

Esteban

Jeter and Mariano, both easily.
A-Rod but some debate about steroids
Posada and Mussina get in eventually
Pettitte gets a “winner” campaign going for him, but doesn’t make it and shouldn’t.
Clemens dies in a fiery car crash after a long police chase after Clemens stabs Brian McNamee to death with a 3″ needle.

Esteban

Oh current Yankees-
Add CC, Cano and Andruw Jones to the eventually list.

Dude has a career 1.73 FIP., and he’s on pace to accumulate about 200 fWAR over his career, as well.

That’s just sick.

CS Yankee

MSS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SSS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>NSS

MSS=Mega Supreme Size
SSS=Small Sample Size
NSS=No Sample Size

Thinking that Lance is a frog hair above the NSS.

CS Yankee

Which players on the Yankees right now do you think will be in HOF?
…Mo, Jeter, Arod already earned it…CC & 50/50 on Cano, and 25/75 ‘Sada.

Which players do you think SHOULD be in the HOF?
…Mo, Jeter, & Arod

25/75 chance to Moose, Clemens, Pettitte

MikeD

I’m 99% convinced Mussina will be elected, especially with the election of Blyleven. As BBWAA members keep voting against steroid users, at some point they will have consider that Mussina put up those numbers not only in the steroid era, but in the AL and AL East with a DH.

I debated him for a bit, but he’s a clear HOFer.

CS Yankee

I think his stats make a great case for him, although a few things that might keep him out;
1) Quite the pitching pool to choose from his era…Clemens, Maddux, Shilling, Pedro, Randy, Glavine, Smoltz, etc.
2) I think with the pool of current/former Yankees headed for the ballot will distract from Moose’s votes.
3) Had 1 or 2 great postseason games but never got the ring…unfair to take away for that? Yeah I think so…however, if you list it as an asset for Jorge, isn’t it a liability for Moose?
4) Except for a year or two in Baltimore he was never “the” guy feared in the league.
5) 20 shy of 300 & only one year with 20 W’s

If I had a vote, he’d get it but I’m not sure he’ll get the writers since they don’t look at the modern metrics for stats.

http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Matt Imbrogno

Clemens, Maddux, Pedro, Randy, and Smoltz are better than Mussina. But he’s MUCH better than Glavine and at worst, Schilling’s equal.

CS Yankee

They will like Glavine’s 300 W’s & WS ring…they also enjoy a good clutch (or ketchup on their socks) moment.

I would rank them something like;
1) Maddux
2) Johnson
3) Pedro
4) Smoltz
5) Clemens
6) Moose
7) Shill
8) Glavine
BTW, the first three could be argued in any order (and if steriods don’t play in your rankings the first four could be argued).

Moose has an uphill battle due to many great players in his era.

MannyGeee

Schilling has Boston going for him. gag

Greg

But his frankness demeanor and bluntness cancels that out.

MikeD

It is a pitching-rich group, but I expect they will all make it. There’s been a lack of starting pitchers elected in recent years, and now there’s a whole boat load coming up. Oddly, Clemens might have the highest mountain to climb because of the PED issue. I don’t know how long it will take Mussina to get in, but I do believe he will make it.

http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Matt Imbrogno

Will for sure: Jeter, Rodriguez, Rivera
Should be: Those three, plus Jorge.

JerseyDutch

Jeter and Mo will.

Posada and A-Rod should.

Cano, IMO, is still too young to really know but if he has a handful of good years from here, he’ll probably go.

And one vote for Frankie Cervelli for the fist-pumping HOF.

http://danielslifka.wordpress.com Jerome S.

A-Rod will. he’ll be up in 2022, and the hall will be more… enlightened by then.

MannyGeee

And one vote for Frankie Cervelli for the fist-pumping Tri-Lingual HOF.

http://danielslifka.wordpress.com Jerome S.

We need to start the Swisher Hall of Fame campaign.

Not because it should happen, but out of shits and giggles. I think it’s be hilarious.

JMK

Which players on the Yankees right now do you think will be in HOF?

Gardner, AJ, Phil, Joba, Logan, Marte, Feliciano

Which players do you think SHOULD be in the HOF?

Gardner, AJ, Phil, Joba, Logan, Marte, Feliciano

That’s it.

DCBX

Jeter and Mo are first ballot locks right now. CC and Cano if they can maintain their current level of performance for the next 6-7 years.

Dino Velvet

You can always count on the Blue Jays to roll over when playing the Sox.

CS Yankee

No doubt…their ace versus Dice-BB

They packed their bags before they headed to the park…both players and equipment managers.

Dino Velvet

lousy Blue Jays.

They were 6-12 last year vs the Sox

Greg

Now ESPN will go right back on the bandwagon, if they ever left. We should have buried them when we had the chance.

Dino Velvet

The Red Sox-media-industrial-complex has started a campaign to get Dwight Evans into the HOF.

Their argument is if Dawson and Rice are in, then so should Evans.

Evans is no longer on the HOF ballot, so any induction will have to come from the Veterans committee.

Boston is really good at propaganda and leveraging Yankee hatred and the small town inferiority complex, so he’s got a shot at an end-run induction in 5 to 10 years, as the mythology takes root.

http://twitter.com/steveh_mandaura Steve H

The funny thing is that Evans is much more deserving than Rice and Dawson.

JMK

Jim Rice supports Little League, so he has the edge.

http://twitter.com/steveh_mandaura Steve H

You know who else has an Edge? Derek Jeter.

Pat D

Evans has been underrated, but I’m still not sure his numbers are good enough overall.

Of course he was better than Rice.

MannyGeee

Jim Rice – Hall of Fame
Dwight Evans – Aspen Dental Commercials…

Boston is a funny place

http://bloodfarm.tumblr.com mattdamonwayans

So I remember the Yankees winning the game against the Rangers yesterday but something doesn’t add up. I thought Alexi Ogando had never started against the Yankees before.

Greg

The point is if the Yankees face a pitcher they’ve never seen before, then they lose. They saw Ogando last year in the bullpen

http://bloodfarm.tumblr.com mattdamonwayans

My bad, I need to read more ESPN New York

Dino Velvet

he’s never started, but he faced the Yanks 4 times last year in relief. So the Yanks have seen him upclose. Their problem is with

Sheepmeister

So Jesus Montero is good at this baseball thing. I hope he sticks with it, he may just be onto something.

NJ_Andy

Hypothetically MLB has decided to “level the playing field.” They plan to put all of the players in MLB into a giant pool, Fantasy Style, and let the various teams bid for the players. Their current contracts are void, and new contracts will be instituted that perfectly value each player through the wonders of math and magic. There is a catch, however. It is not the GM’s who make each choice, but randomly selected fans. YOU, lucky fan, have been selected to make said choice. You enter the draft room in secret, with a list of your teams previous picks in hand. You have prepared for a solid week, scouring every scouting report you could find and sitting down with various high ranking team officials. Finally, the moment has come. After sorting through the many available players, you are stuck between two choices.

Player A is 5% better than Player B, but 10% more of an asshole. Who do you pick for your team?

At what point does the asshole factor outweigh the superior talent?

Tom Zig

Depends on if his asshole factor gets him into legal trouble.

Sheffield wasn’t a pleasant person but was a hell of a player
Barry Bonds wasn’t a nice guy either.

pat

Yea, thats what I was thinking. I’d take Jeff Kent on my team every day of the week and he might have been a bigger asshole than Barry. Once their assholeishness extends to breaking the law and whatnot that’s where I’d draw the line.

mbonzo

How much of an asshole is player B? I’m easily 10% more of an asshole than Santa, and probably 5% better at baseball.

MikeD

I’m guessing Santa is pretty good at baseball. Magical powers, and all.

NJ_Andy

Good point. Let’s assume that Player B’s asshole factor is precisely equivalent to his skill level. If he’s a superstar player, he’s a superstar asshole. If he’s Jeff Francoeur, well…he’s got a great personality.

http://twitter.com/steveh_mandaura Steve H

It would take me a long time for asshole factor to outweigh talent. Manny one of the big “clubhouse cancer” guys is one of the biggest winners of the past 20 years. He showed up in Cleveland and they went where they hadn’t been in 40+ years. He showed up in Boston and they went there they hadn’t been in 80+ years. He showed up in LA and they went where they hadn’t been in 20 years.

Dino Velvet

I don’t think he was a cancer, rather he was a non-conformist.

To me a cancer is someone who fights with his teammates or shows them up or is very unlikeable to the point of being detested (ie Mitch Williams, Rob Dibble, Curt Schilling).

In general, if you are getting superstar production, other than legal trouble, being an asshole is meaningless. But if the production is more in the average range, the asshole factor becomes far more of a negative. So I take the superstar with 5% better production and 10% more asshole, and the I take the averagish player who is 5% less productive but also 10% less of an asshole.

NJ_Andy

Is this because talent becomes exponentially more valuable as you increase, or because asshole becomes exponentially less valuable?

Mike HC

If we are talking a 6 WAR player who is 50% asshole, I would prefer the 6.3 WAR player who is 60% asshole. But, if we are talking a 2.1 WAR player who is 60% asshole, I would prefer the 2 WAR player who is 50% asshole.

Hope that helped clarify my answer, ha.

pat

Still can’t believe the Dodgers let Martin go for nothing. I can understand not trusting the medicals and not wanting to pay him in arbitration, but to let a 28 year old former GG/SS type catcher leave for nothing is incomprehensible. Cash would have at least been able to find some reliever that throws 95 with crappy control to take a chance on.

http://twitter.com/steveh_mandaura Steve H

Considering it was only going to be a 1 year deal, I can’t believe the Sox didn’t step up their offer for him. They had (have) a bigger need than the Yankees did.

mbonzo

I think the Sox feared the luxury tax cap.

http://twitter.com/steveh_mandaura Steve H

Assuming they offered him $4 million or so, the jump to $6 or $7 million is peanuts. As aggressive as they were this offseason I don’t think they’d let a very minor cap hit get in the way. I’m guessing they just didn’t think that highly of Martin and thought they could roll with Captain Varitek if Salty failed.

mbonzo

Martin made $5m last year with a .679 OPS and injuries. He had tons of upside to him, but for the Dodgers who are in financial woes, paying $5m on a gamble like Martin is dangerous.

CS Yankee

The rumor was that Cerv’ was offered & if they went that route, Martin would be about a 8M$ cost this year.

Another rumor was that Boston was mildly interested in him but went with Salty due to injury concerns.

Things worked out well, quite well.

http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Matt Imbrogno

So Price goes eight, gives up zero runs, walks two, and strikes out nine. What did Harold Reynolds like best? Price’s “attitude”. I’m so glad we have this wonderful analysis available to us.

Epy0n

Price is a beast.

http://www.blogs.thetenthinningstretch.com the tenth inning stretch

He’s not a short, white dude, so it has to be “attitude.”

MannyGeee

Short, White = grit
Tall, black = attitude

/MSM’d

The Big City of Dreams

Reynolds is the same guy that felt the Rays made a mistake by taking Price out of the pen. I’ve never seen one guy get so hung up about young pitchers being relievers.

CS Yankee

He must of went to the same ESPNU as Bobby Valentine.

“Mo is the only reason why the Yankees have been so good over the last 15 years”

The Big City of Dreams

lol

mo is definitely one of the reasons and the Yankees have an edge over other teams because he is the best ever but he’s not the sole reason for their success. It will suck when he leaves though.

CS Yankee

He needs to stay and get 1,000 saves…or at least 700, as he belongs all by himself.

The Big City of Dreams

Yea Mo deserves to be on the top of the mountain and put the record out of reach.

I hope he continues as long as possible. The one downside is the constant talk of finding his replacement.

The Tenth Inning Stretch

Watching the Phils-Brewers game on ESPN. Mitre entering the game in the 7th.

http://www.blogs.thetenthinningstretch.com the tenth inning stretch

Mitre just got a crazy DP. Line drive hits him, pops up in the air. Betancourt makes the diving catch and doubles up the runner at second, inning over.

NJ_Andy

“Betancourt makes the diving catch”

#can’t predict baseball

MannyGeee

Mitre will make us regret trading him…

Ivan

I don’t know about you guys but, I cannot wait for Game 2 of the Knick game.

I mean Game 1 stung but hey losing game 1 of a series on the road isn’t the worst thing in the world.

Nevertheless, im not going to say the Knicks should of won the game but it seems that way. That foul on Melo when it was about 30+ seconds in the 4th was ridiculous and How in the world Garnett gets away with that illegal screen to help Allen get open for the 3 is beyond me. I know the road team most likey never gets the benefit of the call but geez.

However if you told me that Melo would have a nightmare 2nd half and the Knicks would still have a chance to win, I would of had a hard time believing you.

I like my Knicks in this series still. By the Way, how good was Amare uh?!

The Big City of Dreams

Amare was a beast in game one. He definitely steeped up big and made Glen Davis look like a clown.

http://twitter.com/steveh_mandaura Steve H

He was 6-7 in the 4th quarter. Then the Knicks decided to not get him the ball on the last 7 possessions. I blame the refs.

The Big City of Dreams

I blame stern and his anti NY bias

Poopy Pants

LOL. Yeah, he must HATE good ratings.

The Big City of Dreams

Exactly I bet he bangs his head into the wall every time the celtics play the lakers.

The Big City of Dreams

stepped*

Monteroisdinero

Montero 3-4 tonight and hitting .452. Of course 2 SB’s against him which I’m sure were totally his fault. Guy’s a DH for sure.

Yanks win.

MikeD

Montero solution to playing time:

35 games back-up catcher.
15 games at 1B.
100 games DH.

This way he’s not just a DH and can take the field, but wil limit his exposure at catcher

That leaves another 60 games at DH for guys like A-Rod, Jeter, Tex or whomever they want to rotate in.

He’ll only be in his mid-20s when Tex’ contract is up, so he could take over fulltime at first eventually. They might as well start giving him some reps there now.

Right now, it’s Posada blocking the arrival of Montero, not Martin.

YanksFan77

Yes, I never thought Martin took Montero’s roster spot. He took Romine’s.

http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/ Matt Imbrogno

Not sure if serious.

YanksFan77

Serious. Always believed the Yanks would eventually have a Montero/Romine platoon since catchers shouldn’t be catching 120+ games each season.

Martin is basically Romine at his peak (probably better).

MannyGeee

better. Romine does not have Russell Martin power (20 HRs). Romine is actually closer to Cervelli power, but you know, he can catch.

CS Yankee

I’d say;
A) 40-50 games as catcher
B) 100-120 games at a DH.
C) 0-0 games as a 1B

My logic;
A) A starting catcher rarely gets 120 in these days
B) Arod & Teix don’t need too many days away from D & Jeter should never be a DH because of lack of power (and recent decline)
C) We have Teix, Swish, & Chavez and shouldn’t waste everyone’s time in getting him to a “Giambi-good” status.

S

Romine’s CS hasn’t been any better than Montero (Austin has only a 13% right now)

but this has made me curious, is it really all the catchers (Montero, Romine, etc) or is blame just as deserving for the pitchers? The Yankees are always getting run on, no matter who seems to be catching, it seems that the inability to keep runners at least somewhat close to the bag is an organization wide issue. If our pitchers could keep guys within ten feet of the bag instead of 30ft from 1st before they even steal (a slight exgeration)it might help the catchers percentages.

V

Nothing annoys me about baseball more than watching a home plate umpire call two identical pitches a ball and a strike in the same at bat.

[/has Axford on his fantasy team]

V

I hate you, John Axford.

At least I didn’t waste an early pick on a busted closer, heh. Just gotta keep running him out there, though.

Tom Zig

I don’t feel bad for you. I have Matt Thorton AND Ryan Franklin on my team.

CS Yankee

I could understand the Thorton pick, but why Franklin? He makes Lidge look good.

Tom Zig

I got him in the 16th round. I wasn’t expecting a world beater, just a guy who would get me 30+ saves and like a 4-5 ERA. That’s all I needed with my starting pitchers.

V

Ouch.

I usually go cheap on closers, but I was amazed Chris Perez slipped to the end of the 11th round. Despite playing for a crappy team, I have him pegged as a potential top 5 closer by the end of the year.

Axford was my 12th rounder and the injured Bailey was my 13th.

V

Holy wtf. Fielder wasn’t even -close- to swinging and the home plate umpire called him out.

Home plate umpires should not call swinging strikes. Wow.

Pat D

I have been so bored at work all day. Hopefully they’ll let me go home early because they didn’t give us an extended lunch.

God, this is depressing with no game to follow.

Cy Pettitte

Wow, this is brutal for the Brewers, double header yesterday and now extra innings tonight